Gmail Stickers

Lately, the Gmail Team made some stickers and I decided to get a set. Since they don't reply emails anymore these days, I thought they might read my snail mail so I also attached with the letter some praise and suggestion. Here's what it says:

Hi Gmail Engineers,

I have been using Gmail since Feb 2005 (unfortunately, not one of those early adopters). Back in those days, I was still using a 2MB Hotmail account which meant that I had to delete my emails especially those with photo attachments every now and then let alone not being able to archive my sent mail. Then Gmail came along offering 1GB of storage and a much cleaner interface. My email life simply changed since then.

Spam are kept out of my Inbox most of the time, emails are grouped in conversations, chat is an amazing way to stay connected with friends, tasks (in Labs) help organise my todo(s) and best of all, I can keep every single email that I receive and sent even if they have huge attachments!

I'm sure the Gmail Team works extremely hard to make Gmail better but just in case, I have two suggestions that would hopefully make Gmail even more useful:

1. Search
   Huge amount of information is archived in Gmail and the fastest way to locate them is by search. Here are some possible enhancements to the existing search function:
   • Typo corrections/suggestions;
     
   • Search within attachments and attachment names;
     
   • Sorting. According to reversed chronological order and relevance. Maybe something like an EmailRank in Gmail, where you rank emails with reference to the date sent, the frequency of contact with sender, number of recipients, previous searches, etc.;
     
   • Import the keywords I type in the search bar into the fields in the Advance Search fields. E.g. if I typed "from:Mary" in the search bar, and click on the "Show search options" link, the word "Mary" would be automatically imported to the "From:" field in the form.
     
   • OneBox that integrates Contacts, email and attachment search.
     
   • A timeline view like Google News Archive Search to "zoom" into certain time intervals.
     


2. Attachment
   ManagerI have a lot of valuable files "stored" in my emails in the form of attachments. They might be daily life photos, project documents, or even birthday recordings. It would be great if I could see all these files in one location, just like the contacts manager in Gmail. Then I could preview these documents without pop-ups and easily organise my files just like in Google Docs.

When these features are soon out of the oven, I would be happy to help test them before they are rolled out to everyone. ;)

Keep up the good work and .. can I have two sets of stickers if there are any left? Thanks!

Happy emailing,

Keith
A year 2 student from the University of Hong Kong

Get yours too! All you need to do is send a self-addressed stamped envelope with an international reply coupon (國際回郵卷), purchasable from any post offices in Hong Kong, and send it to P.O. Box 391420Mountain View, CA 94039-1420.